Meet my New Fish!

[Kalei]

Hey PT Friends! Just about a week ago I bought a new fish. And I love him so much. He is a Jack Demsey Cichlid (I think I spelled it right). And he sure is beautiful, I love all the blue specks all over him. Right now he is a medium size, but he may get very large, up to 8" And man does he ever like to eat, I have to make sure I feed him lots.

Anyways here are some pics of him:

My favorite pic of him:






I hope you enjoyed

[Blue Dragonfly]

wow! what a beautiful fish! My favourite pic is the top one too. it shows of its markings. do u know if it is really a boy or are u just guessing? what is his name?

[Flatcoatluver]

Gorgeus! Jack Demseys make wonderful pets, so full of personality!

[chocolatepuppy]

Oh what a beauty! I love Cichlids!

[Kalei]

I'm not really sure if he's a boy, I just figure he is because in fish the boys always have the bright brilliant color and fins and females are usually more dull with less color. Who knows lol, but I named him HeadMaster! I like the name

[sweetpatata6]

awesome! congrads he's a beauty! The first pic is just like so aamazing i dont even know. lol. you always take such great pics of fishies, and i'm jelous

I love his name too!

[Kalei]

lol don't be jealous, sometimes people just have a hard time taking pics of fish. My friend has a way better camera than me and sometimes she even has a hard time getting fish pictures.

My fish just always love being near the front of the tank when I'm around, that could be why its easy to take pics of them, they always look like they are saying "Mommy look at me, I'm skinny(not really) Feed me more!!"

[KittyGurl]

He is beautiful!! I love his marking and the first picture of him. Congrats on the new addition.

[Zippy]

My fish just always love being near the front of the tank when I'm around, that could be why its easy to take pics of them, they always look like they are saying "Mommy look at me, I'm skinny(not really) Feed me more!!"

Mine too I had to cut down on my bettas food they were getting a little big.Congrats on you new addition.I love cichlids.He is a beauty.

[Kalei]

Mine too I had to cut down on my bettas food they were getting a little big.Congrats on you new addition.I love cichlids.He is a beauty.

Thanks very much!

[king2005]

Male & female JD look pretty much the same but with 1 difference. Fin shape..

That is a female JD

Females have rounded fins & the males come to a point that stretch to the tips of their tails (it the back fin & the butt fin I'm talking about).

I had a JD for about 5-6yrs.


I think I saw other fish in the tank.. You do understand he will kill them right? Hes an agressive fish & will require a min of a 50gal tank. A lot of fish stores never stay those parts & they can grow larger then 8"

Here is a small wiki on the JD Clicky



EDIT:

How much are you feeding her??
If you over feed the fish will create too much amonia & that could cause the fish to get HITH (Hole In The Head). Its common in large Cichlids. When you see all those large Cichlids with ugly pitted faces, thats caused by HITH. & it'll kill the fish over time. So as a young JD a small feeding/day.. When fully grown 1 decent feeding every 3 days. It helps to prevent HITH & so the fish wont get fat & unhealthy either

[IRescue452]

Did you name it? Did I miss the name? I'm confused.

[king2005]

Did you name it? Did I miss the name? I'm confused.

She named the fish HeadMaster

[Kalei]

Thanks for the advice King2005, I know quite alot about fish since I"ve owned many different kinds all my life, but I really appreciate you looking out for me and my fish. Thanks for letting me know its a she, I didn't know that, and now I do, yay!

She is in a 55 gallon tank and yes there are some other fish in there with her. But ones an angelfish, and the angelfish is bigger than her and they don't bother each other. There are some smaller fish in there as well and I do expect them to probably get eaten eventually, but I may take some of them out and put them in my father's tropical tank so they can live

[Kalei]

Hehe I just noticed the fish you saw in the last picture, that one isn't real, its on the background of my tank.